"It's just so-so," Gu Ziyu said absentmindedly. "Miss Wen doesn't think much of me."
A smiling female voice came from outside the door: "It's just that you're unwilling to put in the effort."
Before she could finish speaking, Su Wanwan walked in with her palace servants.
“When a young woman gets married, it’s like entrusting her entire future to someone else. How can she not be careful?”
These words caused both Lu Xingjian and Gu Ziyu to frown slightly.
If a man marries an unvirtuous wife, he is free to divorce her and marry another.
Especially for men of high status, the range of choices is very wide.
Even if it's not feasible to divorce or have a proper separation, keeping a few concubines to one's liking is commonplace.
Women are different.
Public opinion is much harsher on them.
The palace servants set out the wine and dishes and then went downstairs.
Su Wanwan personally poured Lu Xingjian a glass of wine.
Lu Xingjian simply pulled Su Wanwan to sit down next to him and casually put his hand on her shoulder.
Without a trace of the haughty air of an emperor, his relaxed and leisurely demeanor made Gu Ziyu momentarily dazed.
Lu Xingjian roughly knew why the marriage alliance between the Gu family and the Wen family had not progressed.
However, Miss Wen was stubborn and thought that Gu Ziyu had someone else in his heart, so she refused to agree to the marriage alliance.
The Wen family also took this opportunity to set a low profile with the Gu family.
Gu Ziyu remained indifferent and uninterested, which stalled the matter.
With the Tatars outside the Great Wall now eyeing us covetously, the situation in Datong cannot remain so unstable.
A marriage alliance between the Gu and Wen families is inevitable.
This was his real intention in inviting Gu Ziyu for drinks today.
Su Wanwan was a little bothered by Lu Xingjian's deliberate display of affection, so she subtly moved away from him to create some distance.
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